I agree, although if I expect to be adding code in the future then I'll write

   if fx then do
      ntim=ntim+1
      end
   else do
      nres=nres+1
      end

Note that I don't like, and don't use in REXX scripts, the C indentation 
conventions; I indent END.


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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Bob 
Bridges [[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 11:57 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: EXTERNAL: Coding for the future

Ack!  To my mind

  if fx then
    do
      ntim=ntim+1
    end
  else
    do
      nres=nres+1
    end

...is much harder to read than

  if fx then ntim=ntim+1
        else nres=nres+1

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-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
Crawford, Robert C.
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 09:23

It's a small thing, but I now longer try to cram as much code into line as I
can.  Now I put spaces between operators and variables and after commas.  I
also put the clauses following "THEN" and "ELSE" on another line.

Oh, and I used to this:
LOOP      MVC   HERE,THERE

And now do this:
LOOP      DS       0H
                MVC   HERE,THERE

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